 /*******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (c) 2004, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.runtime;

 /**
  * Bundle group providers define groups of plug-ins which have been installed in
  * the current system. Typically, a configuration agent (i.e., plug-in installer) will
  * define a bundle group provider so that it can report to the system the list
  * of plug-ins it has installed.
  * @see IBundleGroup
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public interface IBundleGroupProvider {

     /**
      * Returns the human-readable name of this bundle group provider.
      *
      * @return the name of this bundle group provider
      */
     public String getName();

     /**
      * Returns the bundle groups provided by this provider.
      *
      * @return the bundle groups provided by this provider
      */
     public IBundleGroup[] getBundleGroups();
 }

